# Will you dress up for Thanksgiving?? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 19, 2001, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194 "2001-11-19T14:00:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194/1 "2001-11-19T14:00:27Z")
I almost dropped the “up” from the title, but that was too easy… It’ll definitely be a jeans kinda day for us. I can’t remember the last time I dressed up for turkey day. I may iron a blouse rather than pull on a t-shirt - we’ll see how I feel on Thursday morning. Who’s gonna be spiffed up and who’s gonna be comfy? ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194/2 "2001-11-19T14:04:34Z")
Spiffed - I work the night before and the night of Thanksgiving. Lovely. Work until 7 Thanksgiving morning, couple hours sleep, eat a huge meal, sleep a few more hours, then back to work. But I still love it. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194/3 "2001-11-19T14:52:15Z")
My big hat and buckle shoes are nowhere to be found. If I can’t score some leather pants and moccasins I probably won’t dress up at all. There is my cow costume from Halloowweenn, but everyone’s already seen me in that this season. What?.. Dress _up_, not _dress up_?.. Oh… No, I won’t be dressing up for Thanksgiving. Much. I’ll have a shirt with buttons instead of a t-shirt. (Probably) It’s just family. What will they do? Make me eat at the kid’s table? -Rue. ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194/4 "2001-11-19T15:02:15Z")
My mom will be dressed in slacks and a blouse and everyone else will be in jeans, t-shirts and sweaters. I don’t like to wear jeans on the holidays because after stuffing myself with food they’re just too damn tight! I’ll probably opt for some cotten stretch pants or my wind pants… anything with an elastic waist band will suffice. ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194/5 "2001-11-19T15:23:48Z")
I’ll probably wear nice pants and a sweater. I’m hosting Turkey Day and kind of feel obligated to look nice, even if everyone else comes in jeans. Actually I encourage them to wear jeans because my bulldog, Pia, will be overwhelmed by so many guests and the possibility of turkey falling on the floor and will most certainly be in full drool mode. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194/6 "2001-11-19T15:34:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rue DeDay \* > \*\*There is my cow costume from Halloowweenn, but everyone’s already seen me in that this season. > \*\* **Rue** , I’ve got a pink bunny costume, ala Energizer, not Playboy, and I’d gladly FedEx it to you for your Thanksgiving pleasure… in exchange for photos… I’d _make_ the Playboy version for you and create a website, but I’m guessing you’d not be too Jake with that. 😃 [sub]PS - I’ve not seen you in cow garb… ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194/7 "2001-11-19T16:52:32Z")
Since I get to play host, I will dress up for the occasion: A T-Shirt and clean sweat pants. 🙂 Since I’ll be dropping hickory chips on a BBQ for a couple hours, I’ll smell like a housefire anyway. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194/8 "2001-11-19T17:15:46Z")
Winnie basically shares my standards – Dockers-style pants, brown loafers, & a nice sweater (a **[Jack Black]Cosby sweater[/Jack Black]**, not a fleece jogging-suit sweater). In our family, Thanksgiving is not a T-shirt & jeans kind of day. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194/9 "2001-11-19T17:18:20Z")
DireWolf I assume you are smoking your turkey. YUM! I’ll be at my partner’s brother’s house for Thanksgiving. They live in west Alabama so if you show up in anything but jeans and a t-shirt you’re dressed formal. hehhehheh! We’re also having fried turkey, which I am preparing. It is absolutely wonderful! Anybody wanna know how to fry a turkey? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194/10 "2001-11-19T17:36:18Z")
My family dresses up, but not too much. I’ll probably wear a nice skirt and sweater. Men wear either nice sweaters or shirts & ties. The only person who is allowed to wear jeans is my cousin Andrew. Would _you_ argue with Andrew? Didn’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194/11 "2001-11-19T18:31:33Z")
There’s a possibility that we could be in shorts - I haven’t checked the forecast for Ocala. Turkey on the lanai - another thing I won’t miss when we move to Maryland… ---
**Author:** ![Kathleen\_de\_Trelare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4bbf92/32.png) [@Kathleen\_de\_Trelare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kathleen_de_Trelare)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194/12 "2001-11-20T01:29:09Z")
I love fried turkey, but I won’t be having any this year. I’m going to Mississippi where I will have my two favorite foods in the world, homemade pecan pie and,of course, my maw maw’s congealed salad that she only makes on Thanksgiving and Christmas and that never turns out right when I try to make it. And I will not dress up. If I take the time to dress up, I will miss the parade and it’s not as good when I tape it because someone always tells me about it before I get to watch it and then I’m not surprised. Another reason I will not dress up is because the day after Thanksgiving is my birthday and I’m going to dress up then. I don’t want to wear pantyhose two days in a row. Just thinking about two of my favorite days in the year makes me lose all sense of proper sentence structure. I’m so ecited that I can barely spell. (No,I didn’t do that on purpose. That letter just stopped working for some reason.) ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194/13 "2001-11-20T02:47:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\*There’s a possibility that we could be in shorts - I haven’t checked the forecast for Ocala. Turkey on the lanai - another thing I won’t miss when we move to Maryland… \*\* High of 64 and sunny, according to the local paper. ---
**Author:** ![aftermarketeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@aftermarketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aftermarketeer)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194/14 "2001-11-20T02:54:18Z")
When you said “dress up” I immediately went to “dress in costume”, like pilgrims and Indians. That’s what we do every year, but it’s at a soup kitchen in the basement of St. Vincent De Paul’s thrift shop. It makes things more comfortable for the needy if we don’t outdress them or even look “casual Friday” to their “I’m wearing all I own.” And it makes it seem less stupid when we try to get a song going. (I hope! 😕 ) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194/15 "2001-11-20T12:07:11Z")
Dress in costume?? That would be really interesting, as my costume trunk includes a pink fuzzy-bunny suit, a tiger suit, a shark costume, a wizard’s robe, and a daisy hat (yellow hood with white petals all around it) - yep, that would be one for the photo album! ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194/16 "2001-11-20T12:51:17Z")
Nah won’t be dressing up. I’ll be covered in oil and grease fixing my moms truck while I’m home for awhile. Bad combo right there. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194/17 "2001-11-20T15:35:03Z")
We’re staying home for Thanksgiving, but if we were going to anybody else’s house for the holiday we would most certainly dress presentably. A few years ago I was at another family’s Christmas dinner and one of their guests arrived two hours after dinner was supposed to have been served, wearing sweats. As soon as dinner was over, she gathered up a huge plate of leftovers and went home. Another guest called at the last minute to say she and the kids wouldn’t be there 'cause they needed a nap. I wish people would take dinner invitations a little more seriously. If I invited you to dinner and you arrived late and/or dressed in rags, you would never be invited back. If it’s a barbecue or other informal gathering, then sure, wear jeans or shorts or sweats. Otherwise, no way. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194/18 "2001-11-20T15:54:07Z")
FairyChatMom: > [@](#): > > Dress in costume?? That would be really interesting, as my costume trunk includes a pink fuzzy-bunny suit, a tiger suit, a shark costume, a wizard’s robe, and a daisy hat (yellow hood with white petals all around it) - yep, that would be one for the photo album! May I suggest the wizard’s robe with the daisy hat? Then take a pic and post it for us to see? Sounds like a lovely outfit to me! ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194/19 "2001-11-21T04:15:35Z")
I’ll be having deep-fried turkey in Charlottesville, Va. Since that involves outdoor cooking, that means jeans and a sweatshirt, thank god! ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194/20 "2001-11-21T05:37:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by galen ubal \* > \*\*Spiffed - I work the night before and the night of Thanksgiving. > Lovely. Work until 7 Thanksgiving morning, couple hours sleep, eat a huge meal, sleep a few more hours, then back to work. > But I still love it. \*\* Thats sucks. I’ve done that numerous times. This year I get out a 7 Thanksgiving morning, but don’t have to go back that night. People are going to be lucky I’m dressed period. I considered dressing up until I got stuck working my usual night off. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-dress-up-for-thanksgiving/94194.md?page=2)